• Nice question.

    The MSDN article Using a Dedicated Administrator Connection says the following:

    SQL Server listens for the DAC on TCP port 1434 if available or a TCP port dynamically assigned upon Database Engine startup.

    and

    The DAC port is assigned dynamically by SQL Server during startup.

    Which makes me assume that the DAC port is another port than the SQL Server port? Or am I reading this wrong?

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